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The Sonic Bloom

Nov 3, 2026 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

folky, punky, poppy, jangly, post-punky, and psychedelic goodness of the musical variety coming out of your speakers courtesy of moi. oh yeah, and occasional show tunes.

Election Day!

Spinning new tunes, old tunes and rancheras Ala Dias de Los Muertos.

5:01 PM		Michiyo Yagi Rouge Michiyo Yagi Rough Guide to Avant-Garde Japan World Music Network 2021
5:02 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:03 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 2004
5:06 PM		Banda Mixe de Oaxaca Dios Nunca Muere Banda Mixe de Oaxaca Banda Mixe de Oaxaca Discos Mixe - Music 1994
5:11 PM		Natanael Cano Amor Eterno Natanael Cano Amor Eterno - Single WEA Latina 2024 Written in 1984 by Juan Gabriel. Now has taken on a traditional memorial song role.
5:15 PM		Vicente Fernández Amor Eterno Vicente Fernández Historia de un Ídolo, Vol. II Columbia 2002
5:20 PM		Carmen Goett La Llorona Carmen Goett Postales Carmen Goett under exclusive license to Amuseio AB 2022
5:26 PM		La Tropa Vallenata Las Calaveras La Tropa Vallenata Cada Latido... Cada Te Quiero Universal Music Mexico 1999
5:30 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:34 PM		Agrupación Oaxaqueña La Martiniana Agrupación Oaxaqueña Música Regional Oaxaqueña Música Regional Oaxaqueña 2020
5:38 PM		Lila Downs La Martiniana Lila Downs The Very Best of el Alma de Lila Downs Capitol Latin 2009 "La Martiniana" is a famous traditional Mexican son (folk song and waltz) from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca, Mexico.
5:44 PM		Los Folkloristas Coplas del Muerto (Coplas) [México] Los Folkloristas Cantando con La Muerte V/A Fonarte Latino, S.A. de C.V. 2014 The song 'Coplas del Muerto' by Los Folkloristas tells a story about a widow mourning her deceased husband who left her with wealth.
5:47 PM		Mexico para la Patagonia La Catrina Mexico para la Patagonia N Día de Muertos V/A 9000054 Records DK 2025
5:50 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:55 PM		Pedro Infante Cien Años Pedro Infante 50 Años Light WM Mexico 2007
5:58 PM		Miguel Aceves Mejía La Malagueña Miguel Aceves Mejía 10 de Colección Sony Music Latin 2007 Rooted in Mexican regional folklore, with lyrics by Elpidio Ramírez in 1947.
6:02 PM		Pa' Sumecha Candela / Morena Pa' Sumecha Son Jarocho Round Whirled Records 2011 https://pasumecha.bandcamp.com/album/son-jarocho
6:11 PM		Jorge Negrete Yo Soy Mexicano Jorge Negrete The Originals: The Emperor Of The Corrido (Remastered) YOYO USA, Inc. 1994
6:15 PM		Conjunto Tlalixcoyán La bruja Conjunto Tlalixcoyán day of the dead V/A A conjunto is a small group or ensemble of musicians - great bands for northern Mexico, and Texas. Also, California. Instruments include button accordion, bajo sexto ( 12-string Mexican bass guitar providing rhythm and chords), guitar. See: https://folkways.si.edu/15-tex-mex-conjunto-classics/latin-world/music/album/smithsonian
6:19 PM		Demetrio Gonzalez Cielito lindo Demetrio Gonzalez day of the dead V/A Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group 2022
6:21 PM		Chicos de Barrio Zombies Chicos de Barrio day of the dead V/A Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group 2022 formed in 1995 in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico.
6:27 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
6:32 PM		Meridian Brothers Guaracha U.F.O (No Estamos Solos...) Meridian Brothers Desesperanza Soundway Records Ltd 2012
6:38 PM		Meridian Brothers Salsa Del Zombie (Perseguido Por Alegres Buitres) Meridian Brothers Desesperanza Soundway Records Ltd 2012
6:45 PM		Meridian Brothers Él No Está Muerto ¿Dónde Estás María? 2017
6:49 PM		Los Piranas Monstruo (Homenaje al Manzano) Los Piranas Toma Tu Jabón Kapax Biche musical 2012 From Colombia.
6:53 PM		Soga Posesión Soga Corrosión Iron Lung Records 2025 From Mexico City! SOGA are an integral part of Mexico City’s music scene, providing the connective tissue between the sounds of first generation punk, friendship, feminism, and the urgency of hardcore. https://soga.bandcamp.com/album/corrosi-n
6:55 PM		Man or Astro-Man? The Space Alphabet Man or Astro-Man? Experiment Zero Touch and Go 1996 From Auburn, Alabama formed in the 90s.
6:59 PM		Martinique King of Hearts Martinique N Promise Me Delight: Italo Disco and European Pop From the Golden Age V/A Ace 2026
7:01 PM		Anna Domino Everyday, I Don't Anna Domino East and West + Singles Domino Recording Co 1984
7:06 PM		Isabelle Antena Play Back Isabelle Antena En Cavale Numero Group 1986
7:10 PM		These Trails These Trails These Trails These Trails Drag City Records 1972
7:12 PM		Susan Christie Rainy Day (2026 Remaster) Susan Christie N Paint A Lady (2026 Remaster) Sundazed Music 2026
7:15 PM		Patti Smith Redondo Beach Patti Smith Horses Arista/Legacy 1975
7:18 PM		Lizzy Mercier Descloux Fire Mercier Descloux Press Color (Deluxe Edition) ZE Records 1978
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7:30 PM		Faust It's a Bit of a Pain Faust Faust IV Virgin Records 1973
7:32 PM		Cola Keys Down If You Stay Cola The Gloss Fire Talk 2024
7:36 PM		Josef K Sorry for Laughing (Crepuscule Single Version) Josef K Young and Stupid LTM Recordings 1987
7:39 PM		Broadcast Corporeal Broadcast Tender Buttons Warp Records 2005
7:43 PM		Tom Jones Green Green Grass of Home Tom Jones Things That Matter Most to Me Polydor 1987
7:46 PM		Michael Hurley Blue Mountain Michael Hurley First Songs Folkways Records 1964
7:51 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:54 PM		Wendy & Bonnie You Keep Hanging up on My Mind Wendy & Bonnie Genesis (Deluxe Edition) Sundazed Music, Inc. 2008
7:57 PM		Pa' Sumecha Lloroncita Pa' Sumecha Son Jarocho Round Whirled Records 2011

Chat is archived.

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WELL DO YA, PUNK

L F G

yo, mats!

the wprb Letter from Lupica is rad! Pic of a dude with all wprb shirts at once! Huwild!

lfg - my sentiments exactly. not exactly punk right now tho

I know right!?

that dude with all wprb shirts on one shirt won the Crustpunk Olympics, so rad

Oaxaca! Lovely women and lovely cheese.

I want to go !

cheese in the shape of a Gordian knot is brilliant

the dudes a prb dj tho took a break

sweet! mats

ah, nice

that reminds me of the Galician cheese I love in the shape of a Hershey kiss.

that sounds yum

it is mild, like a jack cheese but yummier.

eat chocolate and cheese before sleep for wacky dreams

listen to ween, too?

(also a great Ween album)

Haaaaaaaa! JINX.

ha!

La Llorona! ehspooooooooookkyyyyy

yeeessss

watched a movie about La Llorona but memory is blank

La Llorona mindwiped me !

so was it good or you don't recall?

ha mind wipe

wow

happy day of the dead !

happy day of the dead!!

EEEWWWW, none of that punk rawk, let's have some sleepy elevator music.

that church venue in Philly always reminds me of Leftover Crack playing there LOL

Is this elevator music to you, mike?

and hiii

Very calming, yes.

oh good!

Lupica I got the Lupica Letter! Rad. Well written.

agree, it is well written. is nike here? lol

mike

I like how Mike wrote "joyously lopsided." Good phrase.

maybe some heavy hard rock later

agree!

when Lupica sez he wants elevator music he means Buzzov°en

haha yes

they need to do a lullaby version of Buzzoven, Baby Buzzoven

very nices this musics, thank you.

thanks, Dá Bəng Gôu

ha, mats

It would be great to have PRB on in an elevator, or on over a supermarket system. A pleasant shopping experience for the cognoscenti.

You'd stay in the store longer,

hmm yes, I guess you would :) I have heard of listeners pulling over to find out what is being played

especially if Dopesmoker was playing

as they're driving

I pulled over once in Pennington and called dj Flex Luthor Lol

lol

we had a good chat about the metal side of Pink Floyd

really enjoying this show, dj, nice counterpoint to election energy (perhaps necessary, but intense)

Amidst all the Vincent Price chatter last week, I neglected to mention the following day's screening of "The Last Man on Earth" at the County Theater in Doylestown. Sorry.

classic, David S! Might could be my fave VP film.

oh, cool david

Vincent's personal favorite of his films is the Samuel Fuller-directed "The Baron of Arizona"--a true story!

have not seen it!

¡Hola a todos!

¡Hola!

Hi, Rob!

buenas noches, esoterica

y todos los oyentes

Hola hola, ayeeee

ayeeeee

buenas, all

so far we have heard a kittle bit of cumbria, some waltzes

*cumbia

traditional ballads

ranchera

next a corrido

cumbia is great!

nothing wrong with corrido either

I love a little yelp

with the mariachi, too

¡¡mariachi!!

let's goooo!

Turning my radio UP for this, hell yeah!

I learned about narcocorridos, huwild

yes! mats

TAndy ye back on NJ/PA soil?

yo, Tandy!

La bruja! ¡cuidado!

yes ten cuidado

I love that scene in No Country for Old Men when Brolin is bleeding out on the street and the mariachi band plays a song for him LOLOLOL

omg yes! great scene

¡Cumbia con la Sonora Esoterica!

¡Cumbia con la Sonora! Yesssssss

https://sgtpapers.bandcamp.com/ Some of the best desert punk you'll ever hear.

Suuuuup

Back in jerz as of this morning, I'm gonna miss Cali :')

mighty tighty whities!! Michael Keaton in mighty tighty whities in BIRDMAN, in Times Square.

https://unionavenue706.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/birdman-keaton-underwear.jpg

TAndy I feelya. Deeply.

well, welcome back. Tandy!

yes, mats in tighty whities

Keaton! what a great film.

bridman

Lol

Hermanos Meridian soundin great, dj.

oh yeah love them

thanx, mats

hi eso!

hey Andrew!

Man Or Astroman's drummer's kick drum head had "Echo...Or the Bunnymen?" printed on it when i saw them last month

ha! Where did you see them?

I saw them at Gonerfest

last mth - or Sept., actually

they opened for rocket from the crypt at irving plaza

oh yeah wow

Andrew P LOLOL

Drag City 1972?! What!!

no dubt reissue

really beautiful show tonight, perfect for the november melancholy.....

oh thanks so much harold

mats - more on these trails: https://thesetrails.bandcamp.com/album/these-trails

very cool!

https://garyhiggins.bandcamp.com/album/red-hash I remember when Drag City reissued Red Hash.

omg yeah I do

wow I need to relisten

Quite a cover of "Fire" so far :-)

oh yeah

love it

tho of course my heart belongs to Arthur brown

love Lizzy though

Indeed, his version is amazing

This version is good!

yes I agree! this is great

Love the body horror genre.

me, too! what films do you like, mats?

I keep coming back to Cronenberg's Rabid (1977). I read the script and it's even more unhinged than the movie.

Thought it was an alarm here!

Hi Esoterica, Hi all!

the mighty Faust! They throw curveballs. So good.

whoa! that fuzz!

howdy, Kevin!

yeah that fuzz is alarming!

that Faust solo was cooked with love

man, mats - I went to see that with ny dad in junior high

Rabid! a little embarrassing to go with my dad

Marilyn chambers lol

dj LOLOLOLOLOL Rabid with Dad!!

yes, mats! curveballs indeed with Faust - love

I'm the only person left in my apartment house so I can crank it up here.

This Father's Day, why not watch a bleak and fucked up movie with Dad?

nice, Kevin!

lol mats

Will this specific show replay late Thursday night. I missed a lot of it.

Have to admire PapaTerica for taking his kid to Rabid. Punk rock.

haha I do not think he knew what he was taking me to. but he def knew Marilyn chambers lol

haaaaaaaaaa!! old school dad

Cronenberg is great - just watched the fly again

love the brood too

This has been a great show, Eso, thx!

Thanks so much, Rob!

Thanks, everyone.

Blue Mountain! Blood Mountain! (Mastodon)

Lost my marbles first time I saw eXistenZ.

thanx dj! Hella fun show. Nice curation.

thaanks for the chunes eso!!!

keepin it freeform af

Great show< Thanks!

Just catching the end here! Great to hear Green, Green and Blue Mtn!!

thanks Kevin!!

That Faust song was bonkers good.

thanks, Jennifer!!

love it, mats

thanks, Andrew!

thx, mats!

Catchy up with youse next week lol!

Thanks for the show Es! Good music, good vibes, good pizza, good 'za, what a welcome home!

thanks, Tandy!

Glad to hear t!

this show makes me happy, too